Ferroelectricity, which has diverse important applications such as memory elements,
capacitors, and sensors, was first discovered in a molecular compound, Rochelle salt, in …

The manipulation of magnetic properties by an electric field in magnetoelectric multiferroic
materials has driven significant research activity, with the goal of realizing their …

Molecular ferroelectrics have gradually aroused great interest in both fundamental scientific
research and technological applications because of their easy processing, light weight and …

Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) can have a diverse range of compositions
including halides, azides, formates, dicyanamides, cyanides and dicyanometallates. These …

Although known since the late 19th century, organic–inorganic perovskites have recently
received extraordinary research community attention because of their unique physical …

Chiral multiferroics offer remarkable capabilities for controlling quantum devices at multiple
levels. However, these materials are rare due to the competing requirements of long-range …

Topological defects, such as vortices and skyrmions, provide a wealth of splendid
possibilities for new nanoscale devices because of their marvelous electronic, magnetic …

The application of ferroelectric materials (ie solids that exhibit spontaneous electric
polarisation) in solar cells has a long and controversial history. This includes the first …

We develop a proper nonempirical spin-density formalism for the van der Waals density
functional (vdW-DF) method. We show that this generalization, termed svdW-DF, is firmly …

Rare-earth-based metal–organic frameworks (ReMOFs) have emerged as an interesting
family of compounds, for which new properties are increasingly being found. Based on the …